Hello. My name is Dr.- Ok, now for real. I want to start running the Any% category. However I'm not sure whether or not a path I'm thinking of would be allowed. In the Game Rules section, it says: "Your run must be performed as if you started from a clean save file. You are not allowed to take advantage of anything that is unlocked after having already played the game, unless explicitely allowed by the category rules." (my focus is the "unless explicitely allowed by the category rules" part) However in the Any% category Rules it states: "You must finish the game. No restrictions." Would "No restrictions." classify as "explicitly allowed by the category rules"?
Nope, "no restriction" here just means you can use whatever glitch you want to reach the end.
If I remember correctly, the only category which allows non-clean save files is "all collectable", because you need to have finished the game at least once in order to be able to collect every chess pieces in a single run (although this isn't even specified in the rules).
More specifically, if you're thinking about using the chess computer to teleport from Optical to Whitespace, then I can immediately tell you that this is unfortunately not allowed in any category.
